WP Google Review Slider <= 18.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'place' Parameter

Summary

The Wp Google Places Review Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'place' parameter in versions up to, and including, 18.1. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in admin/partials/googlecrawl_dfs.php, where the $_GET['place'] value is URL-decoded, stripslashes()'d, and echoed directly into an HTML value attribute with no esc_attr() call when the supplied place is not already a stored key in the wprev_google_crawls option. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a specially crafted link.

Timeline

1. Jul 1, 2026, 3:43 AM UTCCVE published
2. Jul 1, 2026, 10:27 AM UTCCISA SSVC assessment

   Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

3. Jul 1, 2026, 10:32 AM UTCRecord last updated

Affected versions

• jgwhite33 WP Google Review Slider

  through 18.1

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